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Nasus

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR

Tournament presence · pick + ban

22.1%#24 of 173 champions

Pick: 8.8%picked in 1,586 of 18,062 games
Ban: 13.3%2,275 bans over 17,115 games, against 6.9% in soloQ

Win rate as Top51.5% between 49.2% and 53.8% over 1,284 gamesSoloQ 49.8%: no clear gap

Median length28.8 minsoloQ 26 min

Amateur: 18,068 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 304,693 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.DraftLength
How to play itFleet Footwork, then Trinity Force, Frozen Heart, and Spirit Visage: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compAbsorbs damage first: absorbs more than 94% of top laners.FrontlineSplit-push
With / againstBetter than expected against Tristana in amateur play: +15.4 pts over 50 games, range above zero.+15.4 pt50 games
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
2.5%
SoloQ
1.8%
2.5% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 1.8% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
9.4%
SoloQ
6.9%
9.4% ban rate in amateur play over 10,152 games, against 6.9% in soloQ over 112,312 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
28.8 min
SoloQ
26 min
Median of 28.8 min in amateur play, against 26 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Fleet Footwork, then Trinity Force, Frozen Heart, and Spirit Visage: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesFleet Footwork64% · 8,531

Same in amateur play

SpellsGhost + Teleport50% · 6,672

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 97% · 59 games

Core (3 legendaries)20% · 681

20%of soloQ games

Trinity Force
Frozen Heart
Spirit Visage

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Absorbs damage first: absorbs more than 94% of top laners.

Absorbs damagetop7%1,565 · top laners: 970

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other top laners

What marks it

Frontline
Split-push

Like other top laners

Gold at 20 min
Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels
Lets allies carry kills
Crowd control (CC)
Team damage

What it is not

No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 15 in lane, 91 in mid game and 77 in late game, out of 100 top laners.

537-62 vs 599

978+110 vs 868

1,171+92 vs 1,079

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Nasustop laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 73% of top laners against the direct opponent.

top laners

Where it stands among top laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 15 of 100 among top laners537 · median 599
Damage in mid game · rank 91 of 100 among top laners978 · median 868
Damage in late game · rank 77 of 100 among top laners1,171 · median 1,079
Gold at 15 min · rank 16 of 100 among top laners-404 · median +119
Gold at 20 min · rank 28 of 100 among top laners-177 · median +100
Absorbs damage · rank 94 of 100 among top laners1,565 · median 970
Plays teamfights · rank 57 of 100 among top laners54% · median 53%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 55 of 100 among top laners29% · median 28%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 72 of 100 among top lanersrank 72 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 40 of 100 among top laners0.7 · median 0.8
Team damage · rank 59 of 100 among top laners22% · median 20%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Tristana in amateur play: +15.4 pts over 50 games, range above zero.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

Olaf59.6% · expected 49.8% · 47 g+9.8 ptSoloQ +2.8

Dr. Mundo56.1% · expected 53.2% · 66 g+2.9 ptSoloQ +0.5

Malphite50.5% · expected 49.8% · 107 g+0.7 ptSoloQ +5.2

Shen56.5% · expected 52.1% · 46 g+4.4 ptSoloQ -8.7

Aatrox55.9% · expected 50.1% · 34 g+5.8 ptSoloQ -1.3

Junglegap to expected

Lillia64.1% · expected 49.5% · 39 g+14.6 ptSoloQ -0.2

Naafiri64.5% · expected 49.8% · 31 g+14.7 ptSoloQ +3.1

Wukong54.1% · expected 47.6% · 74 g+6.4 ptSoloQ -0.7

Lee Sin55.6% · expected 52.8% · 153 g+2.8 ptSoloQ +0.7

Nocturne57.9% · expected 54.1% · 38 g+3.8 ptSoloQ +3.5

Midgap to expected

Vex59.5% · expected 49.4% · 37 g+10.1 ptSoloQ -4.2

LeBlanc58.8% · expected 51.6% · 34 g+7.2 ptSoloQ -1.9

Orianna58.9% · expected 55.0% · 56 g+3.9 ptSoloQ -1.0

Yone53.2% · expected 48.9% · 47 g+4.3 ptSoloQ +5.0

Sylas54.8% · expected 53.3% · 73 g+1.5 ptSoloQ +0.1

ADCgap to expected

Tristana68.0% · expected 52.6% · 50 g+15.4 ptSoloQ -2.0

Lucian57.8% · expected 51.9% · 83 g+5.9 ptSoloQ +0.9

Ashe52.4% · expected 48.5% · 42 g+3.8 ptSoloQ +2.3

Jhin56.9% · expected 55.7% · 65 g+1.3 ptSoloQ -3.0

Xayah50.9% · expected 49.4% · 57 g+1.4 ptSoloQ -2.8

Supportgap to expected

Braum61.4% · expected 49.3% · 83 g+12.2 ptSoloQ -3.3

Neeko66.7% · expected 50.1% · 30 g+16.6 ptSoloQ +2.2

Seraphine58.5% · expected 49.2% · 65 g+9.3 ptSoloQ +1.5

Rakan62.0% · expected 52.1% · 50 g+9.9 ptSoloQ -0.5

Rell53.3% · expected 47.3% · 45 g+6.1 ptSoloQ -0.8

With

Junglegap to expected

Xin Zhao64.9% · expected 51.0% · 37 g+13.9 ptSoloQ -3.9

Sejuani64.7% · expected 50.9% · 34 g+13.8 ptSoloQ +1.3

Lillia59.0% · expected 53.5% · 39 g+5.5 ptSoloQ +5.6

Vi52.5% · expected 52.3% · 80 g+0.2 ptSoloQ +1.1

Jayce50.0% · expected 49.6% · 34 g+0.4 ptSoloQ -0.5

Midgap to expected

Syndra59.0% · expected 51.2% · 78 g+7.8 ptSoloQ +1.1

Akali60.0% · expected 50.6% · 40 g+9.4 ptSoloQ -4.8

Cassiopeia59.5% · expected 52.9% · 37 g+6.6 ptSoloQ +1.2

Vex60.6% · expected 53.6% · 33 g+7.1 ptSoloQ -4.1

Viktor52.9% · expected 51.5% · 85 g+1.5 ptSoloQ -2.6

ADCgap to expected

Caitlyn62.4% · expected 53.3% · 101 g+9.0 ptSoloQ +2.2

Lucian58.0% · expected 51.0% · 81 g+7.0 ptSoloQ -0.6

Kai'Sa57.1% · expected 51.8% · 105 g+5.3 ptSoloQ -1.6

Yunara57.5% · expected 54.0% · 127 g+3.5 ptSoloQ +1.1

Aphelios53.3% · expected 46.7% · 45 g+6.7 ptSoloQ +1.0

Supportgap to expected

Milio68.9% · expected 50.3% · 61 g+18.6 ptSoloQ -5.2

Nautilus57.4% · expected 49.9% · 129 g+7.5 ptSoloQ +1.7

Lulu51.7% · expected 49.1% · 116 g+2.7 ptSoloQ +2.3

Karma55.8% · expected 48.8% · 43 g+7.0 ptSoloQ -0.5

Alistar58.0% · expected 52.9% · 50 g+5.1 ptSoloQ -0.7

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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